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Div 1 Gilmore Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription22
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 17 Mar. 1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are 21 girls and 14 boys. The boys are dressed in sweaters or rough sports jackets, baggy trousers, and open-necked shirts. Their hair is generally moppish, or parted. The girls are generally wearing sweaters and wide skirts, with several wearing necklaces. Most have long hair, pulled back and tied, or parted and hanging. Identified: (3rd row of desks, 5th from left) Mary Warren; (1st row of desks, 4th from left) Lena Horne (later Lena McManus). Mary Warren was the daughter of John H. Warren and Mary W. Warren (nee Slaven) who settled in Burnaby and built a house on Union Street in 1912. Mary Warren later became Mary Anthony when she married Bill Anthony. The teacher may be Stanley Griffiths. A blackboard on the left of the picture has math problems written on it. Above, a row of prints hang, among the ones identifiable are Shakespeare and the Fathers of Confederation. The room is lit by dangling electric bulbs. Inscribed on the negative, lower left of the print: "272." An annotation in pencil on the back of the photograph reads, "Mr. Tom Browning." In 1912 Gilmore Ave. School was only a tent as blasting and clearing was being carried out. Later that year, a four-room building was completed and pupils moved in. By 1914, another four rooms were added to meet increased enrolment. Four rooms were added again in 1922, and four rooms and an auditorium were added in 1929. The school was renovated in 1954 and 1955. A library was added in 1964 and six more rooms were built in 1967. The school was named after Hugh B. Gilmour, but an error by a municipal clerk in 1912 changed the spelling to Gilmore.
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV971.23.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 17 Mar. 1920
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Gilmore Ave Grade 4, Division 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Grade 4, Division 8, lined up on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School in five rows. There are fifteen girls, and twenty-five boys, and a female teacher seated on a chair to the right of the photograph. Most girls are wearing shirts with skirts, with cardigans over th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students from Grade 4, Division 8, lined up on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School in five rows. There are fifteen girls, and twenty-five boys, and a female teacher seated on a chair to the right of the photograph. Most girls are wearing shirts with skirts, with cardigans over the top, and some in dresses. Most of the boys are wearing plaid or checkered patterend shirts. Two boys seated in the front row are holding up a chalk board sign with the class and school information written on it, along with the year and the name "Layton" in brackets (the photographer). Annotations on the back of the photo read: "Lorraine" and "Grade 4 / Mrs. M. Pontoni (Teacher)."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.100.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1958
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Layton
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Gilmore Avenue Div. 12
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1199
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Division 12 Grade 3 class at Gilmore Avenue School sitting and standing outside in rows with their teacher Miss Tough (far right). The twenty boys are sitting in two rows in the front and the eighteen girls and the teacher are standing in two rows in the back. The girls are mostly…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11.5 cm
- Material Details
- Title handwritten on negative by photographer has printed (white) on photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Division 12 Grade 3 class at Gilmore Avenue School sitting and standing outside in rows with their teacher Miss Tough (far right). The twenty boys are sitting in two rows in the front and the eighteen girls and the teacher are standing in two rows in the back. The girls are mostly wearing dresses with round collars and the boys are mostly wearing sweaters over shirts, shorts and knee high socks with boots.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV994.27.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School classroom, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800310001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School classroom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription99
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (bare light bulbs and empty light sockets are hanging from the ceiling).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV988.31.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 264
- Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School classroom, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800310001.jpg)
![Gilmore Avenue School classroom, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800310002.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School classroom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription100
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (bare light bulbs and empty light sockets are hanging from the ceiling).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV988.31.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 265
- Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School classroom, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800310002.jpg)
Gilmore Avenue School Staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription431
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.5 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are lined up in rows by the side of the school. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Back row, standing (left to right): Ethel Whitwo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.5 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are lined up in rows by the side of the school. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Back row, standing (left to right): Ethel Whitworth, unidentified woman, Dorothy Thompson, unidentified man standing behind Dorothy Thompson, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Mr. Griffiths (principal), John Burnets, Mr. Pullinger, unidentified woman, Margaret Scott, Miss Keast, unidentified woman. Front row, sitting (left to right): unidentified woman, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Dorothy Lupton (Mrs. E.W. Rogers), unidentified woman, Esther Wilks (Mrs. Dickson). An annotation on the album page reads: "Gilmore Ave. Sch. Staff. 1926."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Burnets, John
- Dickson, Esther Wilks
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Griffiths, Mr.
- Keast, Miss
- Pullinger, Mr.
- Rogers, Dorothy Lupton
- Scott, Margaret
- Thompson, Dorothy
- Whitworth, Ethel
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV983.70.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Related Material
- The photograph shares the same paper mount as HV983.70.4, which is another photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
Images
Gilmore Avenue School staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription432
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.3 x 5.9 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are standing and kneeling together in two rows. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Kneeling in the front row, first from the left is…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.3 x 5.9 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are standing and kneeling together in two rows. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Kneeling in the front row, first from the left is Dorothy Lupton (Mrs. E.W. Rogers), and kneeling in the front row, wearing a dark dress with a string of beads, third from the left, is Esther Wilks (Mrs. Dickson). An annotation on the album page reads: "Gilmore Ave. Sch. Staff. 1926."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV983.70.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Related Material
- The photograph shares the same paper mount as HV983.70.4, which is another photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School students, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800310003.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore Avenue School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription101
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of students standing in front of Gilmore Avenue School with their teacher. There are five rows of boys and girls aged about twelve years old. The girls are all wearing knee length dresses or skirts with a low waist band and stockings. The boys are mostly wearing button up shir…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of students standing in front of Gilmore Avenue School with their teacher. There are five rows of boys and girls aged about twelve years old. The girls are all wearing knee length dresses or skirts with a low waist band and stockings. The boys are mostly wearing button up shirts. Many of the students are also wearing neckties.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV988.31.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 912
- Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
Images
![Gilmore Avenue School students, [1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800310003.jpg)
![Gilmore School staff, [1964 or 1965] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription170
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1964 or 1965]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1964-1965. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Lynne Atchison, Mrs. Ann Herbert, Mrs. Nannaly Lawson, Mrs. Miriam Benson, Mrs. Alice Wade, and Miss Olive Shuttleworth. Row 2: Mrs. Lydia Derks…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1964-1965. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Lynne Atchison, Mrs. Ann Herbert, Mrs. Nannaly Lawson, Mrs. Miriam Benson, Mrs. Alice Wade, and Miss Olive Shuttleworth. Row 2: Mrs. Lydia Derkson, Miss Gloria Allen, Miss Eileen Brennan (nurse), Mrs. Muriel Fletcher, Miss Iris Willis, Miss Margaret Brown, and Mrs. Ruth Calder. Row 3: Miss Mary MacDonald, Mrs. Myra Maloney (School Secretary), Mrs Doreen Metzker (nee Nickle), Miss Clare Clemo, Mrs. Mae Curtis (Reading Centre), and Mrs. Bunny Gaskill. Row 4: Mr. Keith Stainton (Vice Principal ?), Mr. Robert Thomson (Principal / donor), Mr. Hudson Shannon, Mr. Charlie Johnson (Custodian), and Mr. Harry Seddon. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photograph reads: "Kieth [sic] Stainton back row / left #1 / (principal ?)" and "64-65."
- Names
- Allen, Gloria
- Atchison, Lynne
- Brennan, Eileen
- Benson, Miriam
- Brown, Margaret
- Calder, Ruth
- Clemo, Clare
- Curtis, Mae
- Derkson, Lydia
- Fletcher, Muriel
- Gaskill, Bunny
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Herbert, Ann
- Johnson, Charlie
- Lawson, Nannaly
- MacDonald, Mary
- Maloney, Myra
- Metzker, Doreen
- Seddon, Harry
- Shannon, Hudson
- Shuttleworth, Olive
- Stainton, Keith
- Thomson, Robert
- Wade, Alice
- Willis, Iris
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.87.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1964 or 1965]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School staff, [1964 or 1965] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0001_001.jpg)
![Gilmore School staff, [1967 or 1968] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription171
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1967 or 1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1967-1968. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Olive Shuttleworth, Mrs. Doreen Weltens, Shirley Young (steno), Mrs. Ruth Calder, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Lydia Derkson, and Mr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1967-1968. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Olive Shuttleworth, Mrs. Doreen Weltens, Shirley Young (steno), Mrs. Ruth Calder, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Lydia Derkson, and Mrs. Queenie Scargill. Row 2: Mrs. Vi Rotta, Eileen Duthie (Secretary), Miss Pam Box, Miss Barbara Hart, Miss Margaret Brown, Mrs. Ruth Carrington (Library), and Mrs. Alice Wade. Row 3: Miss Gloria Allen, Mrs. Bunny Gaskill, Miss Ann Malcolm (Nurse), Mrs. Loa Thorarinson, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Sophie Adams (Sr. Spec), and Miss Sheila Pratt. Row 4: unidentified woman, Mr. Harry Mazur, Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Charlie Johnson (Custodian), Mr. Art Robinson, and Mrs. Tracy Wilson. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Harvy Mazur 2nd from left/ [arrow] back row."
- Names
- Adams, Sophie
- Allen, Gloria
- Box, Pam
- Brown, Margaret
- Calder, Ruth
- Carrington, Ruth
- Derkson, Lydia
- Duthie, Eileen
- Gaskill, Bunny
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Hart, Barbara
- Henderson, Ron
- Heshedahl, Gladys
- Johnson, Charlie
- Malcolm, Ann
- Mazur, Harry
- Pratt, Sheila
- Raines, Dorothy
- Robinson, Art
- Rotta, Vi
- Scargill, Queenie
- Shuttleworth, Olive
- Thomson, Robert
- Thorarinson, Loa
- Wade, Alice
- Weltens, Doreen
- Wilson, Tracy
- Young, Shirley
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.87.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1967 or 1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School staff, [1967 or 1968] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0002_001.jpg)
![Gilmore School staff, [1968 or 1969] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription172
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968 or 1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1968-1969. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Evelyn Boyle (Pri. Spec), unidentified woman, Mrs. Tracey Wilson, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Miss Michi Lee, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1968-1969. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Evelyn Boyle (Pri. Spec), unidentified woman, Mrs. Tracey Wilson, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Miss Michi Lee, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row 2: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Lydia Derkson, unidentified woman, Mrs. Bunny Gaskill, Mrs. Alice Wade, Mrs. Ruth Calder, Mrs. Kitty Warren, and an unidentified woman. Row 3: Miss Ruth Carrington (Librarian), Miss Pam Box, Miss Betty Manring (chair mistress), Miss Loa Thorarinson, Mrs Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Ann Malcolm (school nurse), Mrs. Eileen Duthie (School Secretary), and Mrs. Doreen Weltens. Row 4: unidentified woman, Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal), Mr. Norm Johannson (Custodian), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Art Robinson, Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), and Miss Sophie Adams (Sr. Special). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "68-69."
- Names
- Adams, Sophie
- Box, Pam
- Boyle, Evelyn
- Calder, Ruth
- Carrington, Ruth
- Coles, Kathy
- Derkson, Lydia
- Duthie, Eileen
- Gaskill, Bunny
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Henderson, Ron
- Heshedahl, Gladys
- Johannson, Norm
- Lee, Michi
- Malcolm, Ann
- Manring, Betty
- Mazur, Harry
- Raines, Dorothy
- Robinson, Art
- Scargill, Queenie
- Thomson, Robert
- Thorarinson, Loa
- Wade, Alice
- Warren, Kitty
- Weltens, Doreen
- Wilson, Tracey
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.87.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1968 or 1969]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School staff, [1968 or 1969] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0003_001.jpg)
![Gilmore School Staff, [1969 or 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School Staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1969 or 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1969 to 1970. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Michi Lee, Miss ? Paoli, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, unidentified woman, Mrs. Wendy Matthison, unidentified woman, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row 2: Mrs.…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1969 to 1970. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Michi Lee, Miss ? Paoli, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, unidentified woman, Mrs. Wendy Matthison, unidentified woman, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row 2: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Tracy Wilson, unidentified woman, Mrs. Kitty Warren, Miss Ruth Carrington, Mrs. Evelyn Boyle, and Mrs. Lydia Derkson. Row 3: Mrs. Marylou Leung, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Stella Peterson, Miss Bev Cowie, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Betty Manring, Mrs. Eileen Duthie (Secretary), Miss Pam Box, and an unidentified woman. Row 4: Mr. Nick Calderone, Mr. Art Robinson, Mr. Norm Johannson (Custodian), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), and Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal). Annotations on the back of the photograph read: "69/70", u.r. "Harry MAZUR/ back row at rt."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Box, Pam
- Boyle, Evelyn
- Calderone, Nick
- Carrington, Ruth
- Coles, Kathy
- Cowie, Bev
- Derkson, Lydia
- Duthie, Eileen
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Henderson, Ron
- Heshedahl, Gladys
- Johannson, B.L.
- Lee, Michi
- Leung, Marylou
- Manring, Betty
- Matthison, Wendy
- Mazur, Harry
- Paoli, Miss
- Peterson, Stella
- Raines, Dorothy
- Robinson, Art
- Scargill, Queenie
- Thomson, Robert
- Warren, Kitty
- Wilson, Tracy
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.87.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1969 or 1970]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School Staff, [1969 or 1970] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0004_001.jpg)
![Gilmore School staff, [1970 or 1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0005_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription174
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1970 or 1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970-1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Brenda Granger, Mrs. Marylou Leung, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Miss Pam Box, unidentified woman, Miss Kathy Coles, and Mrs. Doreen Welt…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970-1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Brenda Granger, Mrs. Marylou Leung, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Miss Pam Box, unidentified woman, Miss Kathy Coles, and Mrs. Doreen Weltens. Row 2: Mrs. Lydia Derkson, Miss Michi Lee, unidentified woman, Mrs. Ruth Calder, Miss Betty Manring, Mrs. Stella Peterson, Miss Tracy Wilson, and Mrs. Kitty Warren. Row 3: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Wendy Matthison, Mrs. Ruth MacKenzie, Mrs. Ruth Cross, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Ann Malcolm (school nurse), Miss Ruth Carrington, Mrs. Eileen Duthie (Steno), and Mrs. Ingrid ?. Row 4: Mrs. Evelyn Boyle, Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal), Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Art Robinson, Mr. Nick Calderone, and Mrs. Dorothy Raines. Annotations on the back of the photo read: "70/71" and "Harry Mazur 2nd from left / back row."
- Names
- Box, Pam
- Boyle, Evelyn
- Calder, Ruth
- Calderone, Nick
- Carrington, Ruth
- Coles, Kathy
- Cowie, Bev
- Cross, Ruth
- Derkson, Lydia
- Duthie, Eileen
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Granger, Brenda
- Henderson, Ron
- Heshedahl, Gladys
- Lee, Michi
- Leung, Marylou
- Malcolm, Ann
- Manring, Betty
- Mazur, Harry
- Peterson, Stella
- Raines, Dorothy
- Robinson, Art
- Scargill, Queenie
- Thomson, Robert
- Warren, Kitty
- Weltens, Doreen
- Wilson, Tracy
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.87.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1970 or 1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School staff, [1970 or 1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0005_001.jpg)
![Gilmore School Staff, [1971 or 1972] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0006_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School Staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription175
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971 or 1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970 to 1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Miss Kathy Coles, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Mrs. Wendy Mathison, unidentified woman, and unidentified woman. Row 2:…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, c.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970 to 1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Miss Kathy Coles, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Mrs. Wendy Mathison, unidentified woman, and unidentified woman. Row 2: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Doreen Weltens, Miss Eileen Duthie (Secretary), Mrs. Evelyn Boyle, Mrs. Stella Peterson, Mrs. Kitty Warren, and Mrs. Lydia Derkson. Row 3: Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Tracy Wilson, Miss Pam Box, Miss Ruth Carrington, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Betty Manring, unidentified woman, Karen ?, and Mrs. Marylou Leung. Row 4: Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal), Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Ed Johannson (custodian), Mr. Nick Calderone, and Mr. John Steele. Annotations on the back of the photo read: "71/72" and "Harry Mazur back row left."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Box, Pam
- Boyle, Evelyn
- Calderone, Nick
- Carrington, Ruth
- Coles, Kathy
- Cowie, Bev
- Derkson, Lydia
- Duthie, Eileen
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Henderson, Ron
- Heshedahl, Gladys
- Johannson, Norm
- Leung, Marylou
- Manring, Betty
- Mathison, Wendy
- Mazur, Harry
- Peterson, Stella
- Raines, Dorothy
- Scargill, Queenie
- Steele, John
- Thomson, Robert
- Warren, Kitty
- Weltens, Doreen
- Wilson, Tracy
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.87.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1971 or 1972]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Photographer
- Croton Studio Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School Staff, [1971 or 1972] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0087_0006_001.jpg)
![Gilmore School Staff, [1943] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0092_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Gilmore School Staff
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription176
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School. The people are identified as follows (left to right). Front row: Miss Marion Williamson, Miss J. McKenzie, Miss Evelyn Sinclair, Mr. Stanley Griffiths (Principal), Miss Ina Dearing, Miss Peggy Prior, and Miss Georgina Busch. Back row: Mr. T. Chalmers (Vice Princip…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gilmore School. The people are identified as follows (left to right). Front row: Miss Marion Williamson, Miss J. McKenzie, Miss Evelyn Sinclair, Mr. Stanley Griffiths (Principal), Miss Ina Dearing, Miss Peggy Prior, and Miss Georgina Busch. Back row: Mr. T. Chalmers (Vice Principal / donor), Mr. W. McKenzie (no kin to Miss J. McKenzie), Miss Edith Osborne, unidentified man, and Mr. W. Mitchell. It is noted in the signed donation form that Mr. Chalmers (the donor) served at the Gilmore school from 1940 to 1950, and the photograph was taken with his personal camera. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "School Staff 1943, Gilmore School (Burnaby) / from Mr. Chalmers." Stamped on the back of the photo: "4860."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Busch, Georgina
- Chalmers, Thomas "Tom"
- Dearing, Ina
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Griffiths, Stanley
- McKenzie, J.
- McKenzie, W.
- Mitchell, W.
- Osborne, Edith
- Prior, Peggy
- Sinclair, Evelyn
- Williamson, Marion
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.92.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1943]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gilmore School Staff, [1943] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0092_0001_001.jpg)
![Miss Muir's class, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0100_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Miss Muir's class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2991
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of students about age seven sitting and standing in three rows in front of the doors of a school. There are sixteen girls and eleven boys. Their female teacher stands by them to the right side of the photograph. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Miss Muir?" and "G…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of students about age seven sitting and standing in three rows in front of the doors of a school. There are sixteen girls and eleven boys. Their female teacher stands by them to the right side of the photograph. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Miss Muir?" and "Gilmore School / 1912?"
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.100.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1912]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Miss Muir's class, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0100_0003_001.jpg)
![Miss Scott's class at Vancouver Heights Public School, [after 1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198900190001.jpg?width=280)
Miss Scott's class at Vancouver Heights Public School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription72
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm mounted on card 18 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Scott's class taken on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School. The students are standing in seven rows and Miss Scott is standing on the left at the end of the second row.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV989.19.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1912]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- McConnell, W. F.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note written in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "R. G. McManus/ 4257 Dundas St [top two lines crossed out]/ North Burnaby B.C" and "c/o Terry Lynn Callender/ TEACHER MISS SCOTT"
- Note written in pen on verso of card mount reads: "AS OF FEB 28/85/ DAVID L. McMANUS/ [address follows]"
- Embossed letters on the card mount reads: "W. F. McConnell/ VANCOUVER, B.C."
Images
![Miss Scott's class at Vancouver Heights Public School, [after 1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198900190001.jpg)
Oral history interview with Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19146
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 29 Jun. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (02:06:53 min) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (02:06:53 min)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an audio recording of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos conducted by Denise Fong with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. During the interview, Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos discuss; their ancestral background, childhood, pla…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (02:06:53 min) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (02:06:53 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Denise Fong Co Interviewer and technical support: Kate Petrusa Interviewees: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos Location of Interview: Home of Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos on Victory Street, Burnaby Date of interview: June 29, 2022 Total Number of Tracks: 3 Total length of all Tracks: 02:06:53 min Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto 3 separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an audio recording of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos conducted by Denise Fong with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. During the interview, Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos discuss; their ancestral background, childhood, places of residence, education, career history, how they met, Jimmy's experience working in the film industry, their home in Burnaby and their neighbourhood, their political activism in Burnaby, Robin Chung Dip's work in Vancouver’s' Chinatown, the gambling scene in Vancouver prior to legalized forms of gambling and their memories of supper clubs in Vancouver. 00:00 - 5:57 Opening introductions where Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos provide information on their full names, their birth places and their ancestral background. Jimmy clarifies that his birth name is Hipman Chow but that he was given the English name “Jimmy” by his father when he came to Canada. Jimmy shares that he was born in 1948, in the Village of Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China and immigrated to British Columbia with his mother, Gim Gee Chow in 1950 to escape the Communist Regime and to join his father who had already immigrated to Canada. Jimmy imparts that many Chinese immigrated to British Columbia in search of a better life, referring to it as “Gold Mountain” and that even though they faced extreme racial discrimination that many stayed since they felt that it was better than returning. Donna Polos shares ancestral information on both her maternal and paternal sides of the family. Donna’s mother’s family came from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James Kostopolus (renamed Polos) emigrated as a 12 year old orphan from Sparta, Greece to the United States but was denied entry so ended up going to Halifax and eventually made his way to Vancouver. Once in Vancouver, he became a restaurant proprietor and over the years, he owned and operated three restaurants in Vancouver, including; “Jimmy’s Café” (next door the Astoria Hotel); “Home Apple Pie Café” (Princess Avenue & Hastings Street) and a restaurant that was located on Alma Street. 05:58 - 13:28 Jimmy recollects in further detail, the many places that his family lived over the years. Jimmy’s father Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Vancouver at the age of 14 years and worked and lived in Victoria and Vancouver. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother fled China, first to Hong Kong and then to Vancouver to join his father. Soon after arriving in Vancouver, for the next four years, he and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec City where his father, Robin had work in restaurants and hotels. Jimmy attended school while the family lived in these different places and began to learn English. After four years, the family returned to Vancouver, first living in areas of Chinatown and Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant. Jimmy shares his memories of growing up in Strathcona and the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, schools that he attended and the friendships that he made. Jimmy recollects details about the old Bethlehem Lutheran Church that he attended and describes the demands of the education required to become a Lutheran minister. 13:29 - 15:47 Jimmy tells of how his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow had to pay the Chinese Head Tax of $500 when he arrived in Vancouver at 14 years of age (1921) and how his father had to work hard pay off the head tax over the years. Denise Fong and Jimmy Chow, talk about the origin of a photograph portrait of Jimmy Chow that was taken around 1954 and speculate whether it might have been taken by well known portrait photographer, Yucho Chow. 15:48 - 19:33 Donna Polos recollects the many locations that her family lived while she was growing up in Vancouver. First residing at various locations in the downtown east side of Vancouver before moving to a home near Joyce Station where she lived until 21 years old. After 21 years of age, Donna moved in with roommates in Vancouver before moving in with Jimmy in North Burnaby in 1972. In 1976 Donna and Jimmy purchased their home on Victory Street. Both Donna and Jimmy talk about their careers after high school. Jimmy talks about how he worked at the Supervalu grocery store near his house. Jimmy planned to use his savings from his job to travel but instead he used his savings for a down payment on a house with Donna. Donna imparts that after obtaining her teaching degree she began working in Burnaby schools, eventually teaching at Burnaby South. 19:34 - 32:08 Both Jimmy and Donna share their educational background and experiences growing up. Jimmy first attended Florence Nightingale elementary in Strathcona, then Mount Pleasant Elementary and later high school at 24th Avenue and Main Street. Donna lists the schools that she attended including; elementary school in Strathcona, Carlton Elementary School at Kingsway and Joyce, Windermere High School, Vancouver City College (Langara) and the University of British Columbia. Donna and Jimmy reflect on public transportation that was available during the time they were growing up. Donna recollects her childhood growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station, the freedom that she experienced playing outside in nature and what inspired her to become a teacher. Jimmy reflects on some of his mentors and about his first experience seeing movies as a young child at a cinema in Asquith, Saskatchewan. Donna communicates her own experiences of sexism throughout her high school, college and university education (1968-1972). 32:09 - 36:18 Donna talks about her career history and some of her major turning points. Donna recollects starting out as a Chemistry lab assistant, marking math papers before working as a teacher on call and eventually being hired as a teacher at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. Donna shares a memory of her first experience working as a teacher on call at Gilmore Elementary School and the fire that occurred there. After starting a family (Jimmy and Donna had three children) Donna worked part time teaching while Jimmy worked full time in film. Donna, shares that in 1991, after a near death experience, she became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. With this experience, Donna experimented with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. Donna tells of how she retired from teaching in 2008 but continued to participate in the schools as an Artist in Residence. 36:19 - 58:18 Jimmy talks about his work and career history. He shares memories of his experiences as a young boy delivering newspapers, working at a local pharmacy, stocking shelves at the local supermarket, and his experience working with troubled youth and of how he thought that he might like to become a social worker. Jimmy tells of how he was uncertain of what to do until he got a job with the CBC in 1973 which eventually launched his career as a property master in the film industry, becoming a member of IATSE and a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures. Jimmy describes in detail what it means to be a property master and the work that is entailed in the film industry. 58:19 - 1:07:45 Donna Polos describes her art practice and her connection to Burnaby. Donna recollects how she first started working with textiles and fabrics from a young age and how this later inspired her to develop her own watercolour techniques of painting on paper, canvas and fabrics. Donna describes how she first got started by taking art classes in Burnaby and now has over 31 years of experience working in watercolour. Donna has worked as an Artist in Residence in Burnaby schools, been a member of the Burnaby Arts Council, had her first show in 1997 and has been involved in many art projects over the years. Donna describes the style of her work, first starting with more figurative work, social commentary and still life and that now most of her work is landscape based. Donna coveys that as a political activist in Burnaby, she was an active participant in the development of a tree bylaw, has petitioned to protect renters from demo-evictions and the impacts of future development on the local environment. 1:07:46 - 1:07:59 Background discussion between Denise Fong and Kate Petrusa re interviews. 1:08:00 - 1:26:36 Jimmy provides information on his connection to the local film industry and the changes that have occurred over the years. Jimmy describes the first studios on the North Shore and the eventual establishment of Bridge Studios on Boundary Road. Jimmy shares that in 1988, he and some of his colleagues in the film industry put a proposal together to buy the Bridge Studios but it didn't go through. Since the Bridge Studios and other film studios have been established in Burnaby and Vancouver, the industry has grown exponentially. Jimmy became the 54th member of the local IATSE union. Jimmy describes some of his experiences working on various productions including "Seven Years in Tibet", provides a description of what a film studio is, how it is used and the differences between working in the film industry in the United States and British Columbia. 1:26:37 - 1:32:46 Jimmy and Donna recollect how they first met, buying a house in Burnaby, getting married and starting a family. The two share memories of their wedding in White Rock and Jimmy talks about the Chinese hair cutting ceremony in recognition of their first born child that took place in Chinatown in Vancouver. Jimmy tells of how his parents had hopes of him marrying a Chinese woman and his mother began introducing him to a few young Chinese women from the time he was 16 years old. Jimmy mentions that his parents rarely used Western Medicine and relied on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Donna and Jimmy talk about Jimmy's parents, when they died and how happy his parents were to have grandchildren. 1:32:47 - 1:40:13 Jimmy and Donna talk about their house on Victory Street which they purchased in 1976. They share information on the history of the house, how it was built in 1939 by Norm Clark, how they fell in love with the design of the house and the neighbourhood. 1:40:14 - 1:58:31 Jimmy and Donna share information on their family life in Burnaby, their neighbourhood and favourite places in Burnaby. Donna lists the schools that their three children attended including; Nelson Avenue School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby Central High School. Both Donna and Jimmy convey that all of their children played soccer and the benefits that the sport provided them. Donna and Jimmy talk about how the neighbourhood has changed over the years, the benefits of where they live, their fondness for built heritage and the many parks and trees in Burnaby. 1:58:32 - 2:02:50 Jimmy begins to share information on his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow's employment history. Jimmy recalls that his father, Robin worked in a variety of jobs over the years and as a young child, Jimmy was uncertain of what his father's job was but thought that he worked in accounting. He mentions that his father stopped working at 45 years of age due to a problem with his Achilles tendon. Jimmy describes his father as an intellectual who worked at gambling houses in Vancouver's Chinatown where people played mah-jong and fan-tan. Jimmy recollects that these were large clubs with lots of employees. His father never gambled but he was good with money so he worked on the management side. Jimmy mentions that while working in the film industry, his father took him and some of his film colleagues into some of the gambling houses in Chinatown to assist them with a production that they were working on. 2:02:51 - 2:06:58 Donna shares her own family history regarding gambling. She mentions that her uncle worked as a high end "bookie" in Vancouver and how in 1968, her uncle was arrested but got let go with just a small fine. Jimmy describes what gambling was like in those days with various sweepstakes, not under the jurisdiction of the government like it is today. Both Donna and Jimmy recollect the popularity of supper clubs their memories of Vie's Chicken and Steak House that was located in Hogan's Alley. Jimmy laments the destruction of Hogan's Alley and the other proposals that were brought forward that would change Chinatown and Strathcona.
- History
- Interviewees biography: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow immigrated to Vancouver from China with his mother, Gim Gee Chow to join his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow who'd immigrated to Canada at 14 years of age in 1921. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec before returning to Vancouver around 1954. Jimmy and his family then lived and worked in Vancouver eventually settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant. In the early 1970s, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos and they married in 1981. Donna Polos was born in 1949 to Donald James Polos and Mayme "May" Helen Tilikana Polos and grew up in Vancouver. Between the age of 5 and 21 years, Donna lived in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. In 1976, Jimmy and Donna purchased and moved into a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they still live today. While living on Victory Street, they've raised their three children. Donna received her teaching degree and taught in elementary schools for many years. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna developed an interest in drawing and painting and began experimenting with water colour painting on fabric. Donna has since exhibited her work widely, participated as an Artist in Residence in Burnaby schools and is a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Jimmy entered the film industry in 1973, gaining experience and recognition as a property master and has worked on many films over a 45 year career. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Education
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
- Government - Local Government
- Industries - Film
- Migration
- Occupations
- Occupations - Artists
- Occupations - Grocers
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Occupations - Teachers
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Social Issues - Racism
- Sports - Soccer
- Names
- Bridge Studios
- Chow, Gim Gee Dang
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Chow, Robin Chung Dip
- Polos, Donna
- Polos, James "Jimmy", 1898-1962
- Polos, Donald James
- Polos, Mayme "May" Helen Tilikana
- Geographic Access
- Victory Street
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.1
- Date
- 29 Jun. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of recording
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
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Audio Tracks
Oral history interview with Hipman
Oral history interview with Hipman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0021_0001_004.mp3
Students at Gilmore Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription75
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1918
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class of Grade 7 students standing in four rows on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The teacher, standing in the back row to the right in a polka dot blouse, is believed to be Margaret Scott. Most of the girls are in light coloured dresses with dark stockings and boots and …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class of Grade 7 students standing in four rows on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School. The teacher, standing in the back row to the right in a polka dot blouse, is believed to be Margaret Scott. Most of the girls are in light coloured dresses with dark stockings and boots and most boys are in button up shirts. Jim Warren is standing in the third row on the far left and George Pendygrasse is in the same row, ninth from the left. None of the other students have been identified.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV989.19.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1918
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note written pencil on verso of postcard reads: "R. G. McManus 4275 Dundas St. North Burnaby BC. / c/o Terry-Lynn Callender"
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Vancouver Heights Public School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.4 x 20.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Scott's Division II class standing on the steps (as well as spread out in front) of Vancouver Heights Public School. Miss Scott is wearing a white blouse and a tie with her hair parted in the middle and pulled back. She is standing to the right in the third row. Most of the girls…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.4 x 20.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Scott's Division II class standing on the steps (as well as spread out in front) of Vancouver Heights Public School. Miss Scott is wearing a white blouse and a tie with her hair parted in the middle and pulled back. She is standing to the right in the third row. Most of the girls are wearing loose-fitting cotton dresses tied at the waist and cut just above the kneecap. The boys are wearing shirts buttoned right to the collar and sweaters. At least two boys are in sailor suits.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV971.23.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1912
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Related Material
- For another print of the same image, see BV989.19.3
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-21
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
- Annotation on the lower left of the photograph reads: "Vancouver Heights Pub. School, 1912. / Division II / Miss Scott, Teacher."
- Note written in pencil on verso of the photograph reads: "Mr. Tom Browning."
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